To: Ngala
Heading north, toward Tanzania, then Uganda. The next couple of days will be familiar territory, as we rode this same section going south, with the TDA gang!
Absolutely lovely day. Felt great to be on the bike. BUT, don't know how I'm supposed to go as far as I'm planning when there are so many great places to stop! Stopping at all the spots that we had to whizz past on our way down.
Planned to sleep in Karonga, but ended up sleeping at the marvelous Ngala Resort instead, on the lake. O.k., "resort" may be an exaggeration (though that is what they call themselves), but the $10 chalet rooms with stone showers sure were wonderful. I stopped at Ngala in the late morning, just for a soda break. I remembered going past here, on the way south, I was riding with Rachel at the time. We'd seen the sign that said "Ngala Resort" and I'd said "Hey! Resort!" but we'd both laughed because we'd only gone about 3 km since lunch at that time. 
So, we'd ridden on by without going in. Boy, did we miss something! This place is heaven on earth! Peaceful, serene, right on the beach, with a neat outdoor bar. This photo here was taken, looking out from the bar.
So, we'd ridden on by without going in. Boy, did we miss something! This place is heaven on earth! Peaceful, serene, right on the beach, with a neat outdoor bar. This photo here was taken, looking out from the bar. I planned to just sit and relax for an hour and then proceed. But one hour led to another ... and then lunch ... and then, "Can I see what the rooms are like?" ... and then, "What the hell." So, I slept there.
In the afternoon, one of the people who worked there walked me over to a about 1/2 km away, where there was a hot spring! That was neat. It was boiling hot (a fact that I know, because I put my finger in to check it out and he said "watch out!" but a second too late - no big deal).
In the evening, I saw this big ol' milipede (shown in photo). I said, "Ahh! What's that? A 
millipede!" to which one of the staff members wanted to run over and kill it. But I said, "Wait a minute! Let me get a photo first!" So, sad to say, but this photo was taken just moments before the demise of the poor millipede.
millipede!" to which one of the staff members wanted to run over and kill it. But I said, "Wait a minute! Let me get a photo first!" So, sad to say, but this photo was taken just moments before the demise of the poor millipede.------------------ TODAY ------------- TOTAL
Cycled ------------ 38 km (24 mi) ------ 4,579 km (2,868 mi)
Lift ---------------- 0 -------------------- 2,660 km (1,768 mi)
Total -------------- 38 km (24 mi) ------ 7,239 km (4,636 mi)
In Saddle ---------- 2 hours 15 min ----- 305 hours 10 min
Ascended ---------- 500 feet ------------ 81,559 feet
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